ELE 3EMTEMC Engineering Management

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ELE 3EMT/EMC Engineering Management

• Professional Societies and Information sources in
  electronic engineering
• Compiled by Dr Jean Armstrong -
• formerly Department of Electronic Engineering

05 March, 2007
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Schedule for Today

• Administration
• Library classes refer lists
• If you are scheduled for a library class, you
  also attend the 2pm lecture on that day.
• If not scheduled for a library class, you have no
  lecture that day.
• Lecture on information sources
• Presentation on CV preparation by Pat Watson
  Careers Consultant

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Documents to collect

• Lecture slides Information Sources
• Library exercise
• Notes on Resume Writing/Short-listing Exercise/
  Interviews
• Job advertisement (could change)
• Lecture slides Resumes for Tertiary Students

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Library Class Allocation
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Learned Societies

• Engineers Australia
• all branches of engineering in Australia
• represents engineers in government inquiries etc
• to become a full member must have a degree from
  an accredited course
• helps with professional indemnity insurance
• IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic
  Engineers
• Based in US
• Vast range of up-to-date and inexpensive
  publications

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Learned Societies contd.

• IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers
• based in UK
• Range of publications which are much more
  expensive than IEEE
• Publishes INSPEC abstracts
• Engineers Australia, IEEE, and IEE all run talks
  and other functions in Melbourne.
• Jim Royston is the La Trobe contact person for
  IEE, IEEE, Engineers Australia, and APESMA

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Professional Associations - APESMA

• APESMA - The Association of Professional
  Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia
• union for engineers
• www.apesma.asn.au
• What they do (from their web page)
• maximise employment conditions
• represent professional employees in industrial
  relations issues
• negotiate conditions
• expert advice to individuals negotiating
  contracts
• remuneration information
• career development through management education
  program
• member services - discount banking etc
• represent members at government enquiries
• NOTE Presentation by APESMA 4.4.07, 9am, PW101

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Sources of Technical Information

• Books
• often not up-to-date
• not detailed enough for real applications
• good for getting overview of well established
  field
• good for well established theory
• Journals and Magazines
• range of levels from popular magazines with
  overview articles to research journals
• very detailed and precise about how equipment is
  to operate
• very little explanation

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Sources of Technical Information contd.

• Standards
• very important in telecommunications to allow
  interworking of equipment between countries
• very detailed and precise about how equipment is
  to operate
• very little explanation
• Electronic sources internet
• already a very important source of information on
  communications topics
• in next decade may replace data books etc

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Technical Research Skills required by engineers

• Ability to find and understand information on a
  particular topic
• Ability to keep abreast of technical developments
  in a range of areas related to their speciality

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How do Engineers keep up-to-date?

• Read technical journals and magazines
• Read Books
• Internet sources
• Study for higher degrees or diplomas
• Attend conferences
• Attend seminars and courses run on a commercial
  basis

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How do Engineers keep up-to-date?

• Go to manufacturers product launches
• Join mailing lists
• Go to talks run by learned societies
• Talk to people identify specialists/experts
• Watch Videos
• Computer based self-learning courses

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Technical Literature wide range
Easy to read reviews
Telecommunications Journal of Australia IEEE
Spectrum IEEE Communications Magazine IEE
Electronics and Communication Journal IEEE
Proceedings Bell Laboratories Technical
Journal IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of
Comms IEEE Transactions on Communications
Deeply technical journals
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Books

• Books are usually out-of-date but are useful for
  gaining an introduction to an established field
• undergraduate and postgraduate text books
• books for/by specialists in field
• books with chapters contributed by experts in a
  particular field
• A major technical publisher of technical books is
  Artech House whose agents in Australia are DA
  Books

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Higher Degrees and Diplomas

• Most Australian Universities offer Masters by
  Research and PHD by Research programs
• Some universities run Masters by coursework
  programs
• Some offered as evening classes intended to be
  taken part-time by people with full-time jobs
• some offered on a full-time basis during the day

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Higher Degrees and Diplomas

• La Trobe Electronic Engineering postgraduate
  coursework programs
• Master of Electronic Engineering (SMEE)
• Master of Electronic Systems and Network
  Engineering (SMESNE)
• Master of Microelectronic Electronic Engineering
  (SMME)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Engineering
  (SPEE)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Microelectronics
• Master of Telecommunication Engineering (SMET)
• Master of Telecommunications and Network
  Engineering (SMTNE)
• Master of Biomedical Engineering (concurrent with
  BElecEng)
• La Trobe concurrent degrees
• La Trobe research degrees Masters, PhD
• Universities also often offer non-credit courses

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Conferences

• Many conferences are run in Australia and
  overseas on communications topics
• Some examples of conferences held in Australia
• Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference
  Fremantle, October 2007
• CeBIT Telecommunications Expo Sydney, May 2007
• International Conference on Mobile Business -
  Sydney, July 2005
• Asia Pacific Conference on Telecommunications,
  Perth, October 2005
• There are other conferences in Australia and very
  many overseas conferences

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Seminars run on a commercial basis

• Management type subjects
• Topical subjects like networking

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Product Launches

• When manufacturers release a new product they
  often hold product launches to which potential
  customers are invited
• Often a good opportunity to meet engineers from
  other organisations

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Mailing Lists

• Many organisations send information to those on
  mailing lists
• new products
• new publications
• new books
• seminars
• conferences
• You can ask to have your name attached to a
  mailing list
• often subscribers to certain magazines or members
  of learned societies are included on mailing
  lists
• Many magazines have tear-out cards which readers
  can fill in to have information on a product
  mailed to them

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Other

• Talk to people - identify specialists/experts
• useful to have as many contacts as possible
• share your own expertise/knowledge
• Watch Videos
• increasing number of videos available on
  telecommunications topics
• quality is variable
• Computer based courses

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For example TSA lunchtime lectureTelecommunicat
ions Society of Australia Ltd

• Dear Subscriber
• March Lunchtime Lecture
• The TSA Victorian Branch takes pleasure in
  presenting
• TOPICBroadband Adoption and Alternative
  Strategies for Australia
• SPEAKERJasper Mikkelsen, Marsden Jacob
  Associates
• DATETuesday 27 March, 2007
• VENUEInnovation _at_ 257, Level 1,  257 Collins St,
  MelbourneTIME12.30 pm. - 1.30 pm.

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• Thanks for your attention